Next biblical epic movie = Noah?

[Believer]

Darren Aronofsky Wants Christian Bale as His NOAH

http://collider.com/chrisitan-bale-noah-darren-aronofsky/96305/

If studios are thinking “This will bring in the religious folks!” that may not be the best assumption.  Aronofsky said his Noah is a dark, complicated character who “struggles with survivor’s guilt.”  He also said of the movie:

“I think it’s really timely because it’s about environmental apocalypse which is the biggest theme, for me, right now for what’s going on on this planet. So I think it’s got these big, big themes that connect with us. Noah was the first environmentalist. He’s a really interesting character. Hopefully they’ll let me make it.”

We hope that someone lets him make it as well.

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Darren Aronofsky Wants Christian Bale as His NOAH

2Pet 2:3  And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

[Mark]

Noah was the first environmentalist.

  what?

[Believer]

what?

I know, eh?  This movie will be used to indoctrinate all sorts of garbage, just as most other Hollywood movies do.  I will admit to wondering what they will come up with though. 

[Mark]

Paramount to Pick Up Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’

Darren Aronofsky‘s wish to make his Bible-based fantasy epic Noah an “event” film is about to take one step closer to coming true. The project has been seeking a studio to pay half of its $150 budget — New Regency, which has been with Noah since early on, will cover the other half — and it looks like Paramount will be stepping up to fork over the cash. Though the deal is not yet official, the studio is said to be “close” to signing a deal. Read more details after the jump.

Considering the critical and commercial success of Black Swan, it’s no surprise that Aronofsky’s seizing this opportunity to finally make his big-budget passion project — or that studios are interested in helping to finance it. Deadline reports that 20th Century Fox and Paramount are both gunning for that project, but that Paramount is the more likely choice. The deal is expected to close within the next few days.

Although Noah is inspired by the biblical tale of Noah’s Ark and the Great Flood, Aronofsky’s been saying that he plans to play down the story’s religious aspects in favor of exploring its potential as a “big event film.” It’ll be a new direction for the filmmaker, who’s really known for smaller, edgier films like Pi, Requiem for a Dream, and, of course, Black Swan. John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator) is currently working on rewrites of the script; Christian Bale has been rumored though not confirmed as a top choice to play the lead.

While it’s only recently that Noah has really gained steam, the project has actually been simmering for quite some time. Aronofsky’s been mentioning the project in interviews for years now — including in one conversation with Russ, back in 2006. And that’s just in Noah‘s current, cinematic iteration. Aronofsky has previously said that he first became interested in the biblical tale as a 13-year-old in Brooklyn, when he won a poetry contest by penning a piece based on the story. Given Aronofsky’s well-established obsession with the nature of obsession, it’s not tough to see what he might find so appealing about the fable.

http://www.slashfilm.com/paramount-pick-darren-aronofskys-noah/

[Mark]

Aronofsky’s been saying that he plans to play down the story’s religious aspects

What? Thats the whole point of what happened! The Lord Judges the Earth. It happenned once and its going to happen again. This guy needs to get right.

Given Aronofsky’s well-established obsession with the nature of obsession, it’s not tough to see what he might find so appealing about the fable.

What? This wasnt a "fable", this guy needs some help.

[Mark]

Noah: Biblical Truth or Simply Hollywood Rhetoric?

Director Darren Aronofsky is known for his dark controversial dramas. The Fountain, The Wrestler, Requiem for a Dream and The Black Swan are only a few of his movies that are anything but family-friendly. Lately, however, Aronofsky has been reading his Bible. Not because of a desire to learn the truth of God, but because of his new project based on the biblical story of Noah.

Aronofsky already has secured $115 million in distribution and funding. It’s said that it will be a “big event” movie, similar to Roland Emmerich’s disaster films Independence Day, 2012 and The Day After Tomorrow. Russell Crowe has been cast as Noah with Jennifer Connelly playing Noah’s wife. Emma Watson, Logan Lerman and Douglas Booth are also attached to the project. Filming is supposed to begin this summer in Iceland and New York.

Even though the film isn’t set for release till 2014, in October of last year, Aronofsky released a graphic novel in France entitled Noe. The official synopsis of Noe is this: “It was a world without hope, a world with no rain and no crops, dominated by warlords and their barbarian hordes. In this cruel world, Noah was a good man. Seasoned fighter, mage and healer, but he only wanted peace for him and his family. Yet every night, Noah was beset by visions of an endless flood, symbolizing the destruction of all life. Gradually, he began to understand the message sent him by the Creator. He had decided to punish the men and kill them until the last. But, he gave Noah a last chance to preserve life on Earth.”

For Christians, Noah's story is one that reminds us of God’s protection for His people. Aronofsky said this about the spiritual side of Noah: “I don’t think it’s a very religious story. I think it’s a great fable that’s part of so many different religions and spiritual practices. I just think it’s a great story that’s never been on film.”

This doesn’t come as a surprise based on Aronofsky’s spiritual themes of his previous films. The movie The Fountain is filled with syncretism that borrows from all types of New Age beliefs. In an interview with Gadfly, Aronofsky said this about the religious aspects of his other upcoming movie, Life of Pi, based on the popular best-seller:

“I think religion is often very different than spirituality. Religion is often about rules and people trying to control our lives who are actually very unspiritual. Another message of the film is that God can be found anywhere, and, in fact, everywhere. And so you don’t necessarily need a religious dogma to get you to spirituality.”

All this raises a question. Will the movie Noah actually be an accurate retelling of the biblical story portrayed in Scripture? Or, will it dishonor the true story of justice, mercy, and redemption?

http://www.charismanews.com/culture/33782-noah-biblical-truth-or-simply-hollywood-rhetoric?utm

I think it’s a great fable that’s part of so many different religions and spiritual practices

There is a reason this story is integrated into nearly EVERY cultures history on the planet that has ever existed, thats because it actually happened!!

[Psalm 51:17]

Heb 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Heb 11:7  By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

[Mark]

Darren Aronofsky's 'Noah' Described As A Mad Max-Style Warrior

Darren Aronofsky isn’t a director who likes to keep it simple. This is the guy who’s most well-known for his mind-trip movies like Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain and Black Swan. So, when Paramount announced that his version of Noah would be a “close adaptation of the biblical story of Noah’s ark,” we weren’t buying it. Now, some clues have surfaced making this more clear than ever: Noah will not be the biblical story you learned about in Sunday school.

HitFix was lucky enough to have one of its writers get a look at the Noah script, and released some details on what we should except. The source gives the impression that Aronofsky’s story will focus on the land before the flood, more than the actual event itself. They’ve also described the it as a “violent, freaky, scary world” unlike anything we’ve seen before.

It also seems that the movie will be based on the comic book series co-created by Aronofsky, producer Ari Handel and artist Nico Henrichon. In it, Noah is described as a Mad Max-style warrior, unlike any other man on earth.

His name is Noah. Far from the stereotype of the patriarch that one appends the character of the Bible, he looked like a warrior.  He looks like a Mad Max out of the depths of time. In the world of Noah, pity has no place. He lives with his wife and three children in a land barren and hostile, in the grip of severe drought. A world marked by violence and barbarism, delivered to the savagery of the clans that draw their reason to survive from war and cruelty.

The story will also include the Watchers, which are described as “eleven-foot-tall fallen angels with six arms and no wings.” Slashfilm mentions that these fallen angels are actually mentioned in the Bible (Genesis 6) as the giant offspring of the “sons of God and the “daughters of men.”

All of this new information definitely gives the whole film an intriguing and dark slant. Sometimes when we read about this story as kids we don’t understand how truly scary and terrifying it is. The story is about how a flood wipes out most of the human race, after all. Scarier than ya think, no? Thus far, it seems like this age-old tale is in good hands.

Noah stars Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone and much more. It’ll hit theaters March 28, 2014.

http://screencrave.com/2012-07-11/darren-aronofskys-noah-mad-maxstyle-warrior/

[Psalm 51:17]

Noah stars Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone and much more. It’ll hit theaters March 28, 2014.

2014? I'll be surprised if America is still standing by then...

[Mark]

Will Russell Crowe Portray Noah as Environmentalist Wacko?

It's billed as a "Biblical epic" but a Christian screenwriter in Hollywood who has had a chance to read the script for "Noah" says there's a good chance that the movie, which is still in production, will be far from the truth of the Gospel.

"If you were expecting a Biblically faithful retelling of the story of the greatest mariner in history and a tale of redemption and obedience to God you'll be sorely disappointed," Brian Godawa recently wrote in his analysis of an undated script he was able to get his hands on as a movie industry insider.

Godawa told The Christian Post that he is not 100 percent sure that the copy of the script written by Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel that he read has since been changed to reflect a more accurate portrayal of what's written in the Bible, but chances aren't good that is the case.

In fact, he fears the movie's Noah (played by Russell Crowe) will be depicted more like an "environmentalist wacko."

"Noah paints the primeval world of Genesis 6 as scorched arid desert, dry cracked earth, and a gray gloomy sky that gives no rain – and all this, caused by man's 'disrespect' for the environment," Godawa wrote in his analysis. "In short, an anachronistic doomsday scenario of ancient global warming. How Neolithic man was able to cause such anthropogenic catastrophic climate change without the 'evil' carbon emissions of modern industrial revolution is not explained."

Apparently, Noah and his family also seek to "avoid the crowds and live off the land." He is this "kind of rural shaman, and vegan hippy-like gatherer of herbs, according to Godawa's analysis of the script. "Noah explains that his family 'studies the world,' 'healing it as best we can,' like a kind of environmentalist scientist," he writes.

He said that as a screenwriter of films like "To End All Wars" and "Alleged" which deal with faith, and author of the novel, Noah Primeval, which is about what led up to the Great Flood, he is especially conscious of "issues relating to the intersection of Hollywood and the Bible."

Although Noah may fail as a hit among Christians, Godawa said he is encouraged to see movie studios appreciating the value of making movies from stories in the Bible.

"Right now there are a bunch of Bible movies being developed all around town. A couple of David and Goliath movies are being developed. There are some others as well," he said. "It's not just about Bible bashing or fundamentalism. It's that these are really fascinating spiritual stories and they are worth remaking now that we have the higher value production values."

However, Godawa also sees a Hollywood that is easily prone to stray from the Word.

"The down side is that because so many in Hollywood really are not devoted believers in the Bible they misinterpret it and reinterpret it according to their own usually humanistic paradigm. This means they will twist it to make it say the opposite because they don't believe the Bible," he explained.

"They want to tell the story about the Bible that they think everyone wants to see. They are interpreting it through their own worldview. It's not necessarily a malicious thing," he continued. "I don't expect Aronofsky to be true to this biblical message because he probably doesn't really believe it. He's just going to use it to communicate his own [message]. He's already told us that when he said this is all about environmentalism."

In addition to not really embracing Aronofsky's creative license with the Bible in regards to the environment, Godawa notes that there's a problem with his interpretation morally.

"I have to say that the movie script for Noah is deeply anti-Biblical in its moral vision," he stated. "While the Bible commands mankind to 'work and keep' the garden of earth as its stewards, the sin that brought about the judgment of the Flood was NOT violence against the environment as depicted in the script, it was violence against God and his image in man. That's no minor difference."

In his quite detailed and long analysis of the script, Godawa concludes by making a harsh prediction about the possibility of success for the movie.

"All in all, the script for Noah is an uninteresting and unbiblical waste of a hundred and fifty million dollars that will ruin for decades the possibility of making a really great and entertaining movie of this Bible hero beloved by billions of religious believers, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim," he wrote.

"This movie will be rejected by millions of devoted Bible readers worldwide because once again it subverts their own sacred narrative with a political agenda of pagan earth religion that is offensive to their faith. In a very real sense it engages in the very sin of the primeval history in Genesis: A denial of the image of God in man."

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/will-russell-crowe-portray-noah-as-environmentalist-wacko-84355/#gZtGkhxWAz5Gh4hB.99

[Boldhunter]

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3754540/

Christian Bale To Play Moses In 'Exodus,' With Joel Edgerton Likely Starring Opposite In Ridley Scott's Biblical Epic

Aug 14, 2013Fire up your method-acting guns, Christian Bale: It's time to get biblical. The Oscar winner will portray Moses in "Exodus," a forthcoming Ridley Scott movie based on the second book of the Bible.Bale will likely take on the lead role opposite Joel Edgerton ("Zero Dark Thirty," "The Great Gatsby"), who's in talks to play Egyptian pharaoh Ramses in the Old Testament depiction. Filming is slated to begin in September throughout Spain, Morocco and England, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The physical demands that will be required of Bale are best left to biblical scholars to predict -- we're assuming a white beard will be involved -- but we know the actor is no stranger to significant weight adjustments for roles. Bale shedded a whopping 63 pounds to take on the lead in the 2004 thriller "The Machinist" before bulking back up to play Batman."Exodus" is Scott's next project, following this year's "The Counselor" and 2012's "Prometheus." The script comes from Oscar winner Steve Zaillian ("Schindler's List," "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"). If the movie follows the Book of Exodus closely, it will depict Moses being raised by the pharoah's daughter and becoming a prophet, eventually leading the enslaved Israelites out of Egypt and receiving the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.Bale's turn as Moses marks another Old Testament figure coming to life at the hands of an acclaimed director. Darren Aronofsky's"Noah" hits theaters in March 2014 and stars Russell Crowe as the titular ark builder.

[Christian40]

Russell Crowe is from Australia, what is he doing playing Noah? They could have chosen an actor from Israel or the Middle East areas

[Mark]

Plot summary

Subject to divine visions foretelling the end of the world, Noah attempts to tell his people to cease their mistreatment of the earth in order to be saved. No one listens to his warnings, and Noah and his family are cast out to fend for themselves in the wilderness. Noah approaches a race of giant six-armed angels known as the "Watchers" to rally them to his cause.[4]

Producer Scott Franklin told Entertainment Weekly, "Noah is a very short section of the Bible with a lot of gaps, so we definitely had to take some creative expression in it. But I think we stayed very true to the story and didn't really deviate from the Bible, despite the six-armed angels."[23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_%28film%29

giant six-armed angels 

[Kilika]

"Noah is a very short section of the Bible with a lot of gaps, so we definitely had to take some creative expression in it.

HUH? Talk about deluded and deceived!

Talk about lies. Noah and his family were not "cast out" at all. The locals just didn't listen and ridiculed him and refused to believe Noah, but they didn't cast out anybody.

[Kilika]

Russell Crowe is from Australia, what is he doing playing Noah? They could have chosen an actor from Israel or the Middle East areas

You mean Christian Bale? Russel Crowe, while he is an Aussie, has no part in this movie.

I agree it's silly having a non-Semitic person playing the part, but that's Hollywood. They've been casting actors that way the whole time. It use to be even worse, back when they'd cast white guys as Native Americans and paint their faces red, etc.!

[Psalm 51:17]

Darren Aronofsky, Paramount Spar Over 'Noah' Final Cut (Exclusive)
10/15/13
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/darren-aronofsky-paramount-spar-over-noah-final-cut-050000849.html

God gave Noah some very specific instructions on how to build an ark. But it seems there was no such clear voice of authority when it came to the making of Darren Aronofsky's epic movie based on the Bible story.

Multiple sources say that with test screenings of various versions producing worrisome results, Aronofsky and Paramount have been at odds over the version of Noah that is set for release March 28. It's not clear whether Aronofsky -- whose most recent film, 2010's Black Swan, grossed $329 million worldwide and won an Oscar for star Natalie Portman -- has held on to his right to final cut. Aronofsky and his reps did not respond to requests for comment, but Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore says the film, which stars Russell Crowe as the seafarer, is going through a "normal preview process" and the result will be "one version of the movie that Darren is overseeing."

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In recent weeks, the studio has held test screenings for key groups that might take a strong interest in the subject matter: in New York (for a largely Jewish audience), in Arizona (Christians) and in Orange County, Calif. (general public). All are said to have generated troubling reactions. But sources say Aronofsky has been resistant to Paramount's suggested changes. "Darren is not made for studio films," says a talent rep with ties to the project. "He's very dismissive. He doesn't care about [Paramount's] opinion."

The auteur director of films including The Wrestler, Pi and Requiem for a Dream, Aronofsky hasn't been associated much with big studios or big effects pictures (a minor exception is The Fountain). But with Noah, he's in deep with both. Paramount is splitting the cost, now past the original $125 million budget, with Arnon Milchan's New Regency.

The use of visual effects has been so extensive that in some scenes, only an actor's face is in the final image. The film relies on effects to create the flood, of course, but in addition, Noah doesn't feature any real animals. Aronofsky said the creatures in the film are "slightly tweaked" versions of those that exist in nature, and there also are fantastical beings in the mix. The director recently told DGA Quarterly that Industrial Light & Magic had said it did the most complicated rendering in the company's history for the film -- "a nice badge of honor," he said.

Beyond the visuals, a major challenge has been coming up with an exciting third act that doesn't alienate the potentially huge Christian audience (in the Bible, Noah and the ark's inhabitants survive the flood that destroys the earth). Some in the faith community already have expressed skepticism about the result, especially after writer Brian Godawa in October 2012 obtained a version of the Noah script and posted his summary online under the heading, "Darren Aronofsky's Noah: Environmentalist Wacko." (Aronofksy has in the past described Noah as "the first environmentalist.") Among his conclusions is that Noah will be "an uninteresting and unbiblical waste of a hundred and fifty million dollars that will ruin for decades the possibility of making a really great and entertaining movie of this Bible hero."

STORY: Darren Aronofsky Screens 'Noah' Footage for Church Conference

Mark Joseph, who has consulted on the marketing of films including Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and Ray says he hasn't been to a screening of Noah but fears it is "an example of a director not listening to those voices that would have been warning of the dangers of veering too far away from the biblical text. The director is there to serve the studio and the audience, not veer off into directions that go against the core audience's beliefs -- at least if the goal is to get them to come to the theater." More hopeful is Ted Baehr, whose Movieguide.org publishes reviews from a Christian perspective, holds out hope that the film will pass muster.

Uhm...Narnia veered too far away from the biblical text as well.

Paramount obviously hopes to woo the faithful; in July Aronofsky screened Noah footage for the church-based Echo conference in Texas. Some tweets from audience members suggested that the sneak peek was well received.

Moore says the studio knew going in that the film would be complicated and "allowed for a very long postproduction period, which allowed for a lot of test screenings."

While Aronofsky "definitely wants some level of independence," he adds, "he also wants a hit movie." The bottom line: "We're getting to a very good place, and we're getting there with Darren."

[Mark]

[Psalm 51:17]

Yeah, just from that 2 minute trailer - the plot looks like a "me against the world" theme. You didn't get any feel of this...

Hebrews 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Heb 11:7  By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

2Peter 2:4  For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
2Pe 2:5  And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

And early in the trailer, it looked like they had another "protagonist" character(Anthony Hopkins) warning him about the destruction of the earth? Again, not in scripture.

[Mark]

New ‘Noah’ Film Starring Russell Crowe Flooded With Controversy

A new Hollywood epic on the life of Noah has stirred controversy among Christians, Jews and others who have pre-screened the film, as they state that the movie largely leaves out one important foundation: the Bible.
 
Noah is the brainchild of producer Darren Aronofsky, who says that he has wanted to make a film about Noah and the ark since his childhood. With a $1.25 million budget, the film is said to be more of an edgy action epic that depicts a man who fights off his enemies as he prepares for a coming apocalypse, rather than a story of a “preacher of righteousness” who calls the world to repentance from sin.

Russell Crowe, known for his roles in Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind and Robin Hood stars as Noah in the film, and Anthony Hopkins, known for his roles in Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and The Legends of the Fall appears as grandfather Methuselah, who provides advice to Noah.
 
“Man corrupted this world and filled it with violence, so he must be destroyed,” Methuselah explains to Noah, who has a dream of “death by water.”

But as Noah begins to build an ark, he becomes the enemy of his brother-in-law Tubal-Cain. He tells Tubal-Cain to build his own ark, or die trying to take his.
 
“You don’t know your king,” Tubal-Cain asserts. “I have men at my back, and you stand alone and defy me?”
 
“I’m not alone,” Noah replies confidently.

Tubal-Cain, who has gathered an army against Noah, later storms the vessel in battle-style as the rain begins to fall.
 
“Take the ark!” he orders his army of followers.
 
A number of battle scenes are said to fill the film, which in some aspects are reminiscent of Gladiator. Six-armed angels, known as Watchers, are also introduced, “who came down from Heaven to help fallen humanity by granting them wonders of knowledge from magic to science to stars, metal, and fire.”
 
Earlier reports of the film expressed disapproval that Noah was depicted as being centered on an environmental agenda, and that Aronofsky viewed Noah as the “first environmentalist.” Noah is also stated to be tormented with guilt for surviving the flood while others perished. It is not known whether those particular aspects still remain in the movie at this time.
 
As Aronofsky and Paramount Pictures have rolled out screenings of the film, which will officially hit theaters in March 2014, there has been mixed reaction from viewers. Some have praised Noah, stating that they were impressed with the production, while others have expressed disappointment over the movie’s departure from the Biblical text.
 
“You can’t stray from the Bible in a Bible-based film without upsetting a percentage of the Christian faith base. Interpretations may vary, but if the story changes, even a little, it’s deemed offensive,” Angie Meyer-Olszewski, an entertainment publicist, told FOX411. “When a studio releases a movie that’s biblical, they are playing a game of religious roulette.”
 
“t’s clear that Noah is not a Christian film,” writes the blog Beginning and End in a lengthy critique of the production. “Yet when this movie hits the theaters, it will not stop the film company behind [it] from marketing the movie to churches and the Christian community in hopes of conveying the idea that it is a movie celebrating a Biblical story when it is not. Do not be deceived.”
 
Reports state that Paramount and Aronofsky have different visions for the film, and that due to some of the dissatisfaction from the screenings, the producers of Noah are working on making their final adjustments before its release next year. Some are hopeful that the changes will be more in line with Scripture.

http://christiannews.net/2013/11/17/new-noah-film-starring-russell-crowe-flooded-with-controversy/

[Psalm 51:17]

Noah is the brainchild of producer Darren Aronofsky, who says that he has wanted to make a film about Noah and the ark since his childhood. With a $1.25 million budget, the film is said to be more of an edgy action epic that depicts a man who fights off his enemies as he prepares for a coming apocalypse, rather than a story of a “preacher of righteousness” who calls the world to repentance from sin.

I had this impression when I saw the trailer last week.

Russell Crowe, known for his roles in Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind and Robin Hood stars as Noah in the film, and Anthony Hopkins, known for his roles in Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and The Legends of the Fall appears as grandfather Methuselah, who provides advice to Noah.

Uhm, there was no "grandfather" to Noah in scripture that gave him "advice", nor did he have a "grandfather" that came with him into the ark.

“t’s clear that Noah is not a Christian film,” writes the blog Beginning and End in a lengthy critique of the production. “Yet when this movie hits the theaters, it will not stop the film company behind [it] from marketing the movie to churches and the Christian community in hopes of conveying the idea that it is a movie celebrating a Biblical story when it is not. Do not be deceived.”

Pretty much the modern-day church in America have embraced movies if they have even a 1/2 way decent outward appearance of being "Christian". Remember CS Lewis' "Narnia" movies?
 

Reports state that Paramount and Aronofsky have different visions for the film, and that due to some of the dissatisfaction from the screenings, the producers of Noah are working on making their final adjustments before its release next year. Some are hopeful that the changes will be more in line with Scripture.

Part of the dog and pony "behind the scenes" show on their part - play out a little "controversy" in the media prior to its release to further generate publicity. They are all in the same boat(a lot like our politicians in DC).

[Mark]

12 reasons not to fall for the Noah Movie hype

Is the movie trailer promoting the blockbuster film Noah—to be released in March—part of a Hollywood con?
 
Why would I even suggest that? Well, if you watch the movie’s trailer, it seems that the film might be compatible with the biblical account of the Flood and Ark of Noah. But I believe the trailer was put together very carefully and cleverly to attract Christians and Jews—those who might be inclined to pay to see the film and not speak out against it. In fact, many Christians and Christian organizations have already come out publicly to say they can’t wait to see this movie. But what will Noah, with movie star Russell Crowe, really show? Should Christians promote this movie just based on what Hollywood is letting them see?
 
We have heard from various sources—including two close friends of AiG who watched a rough cut of the film—that it is not at all faithful to the biblical account in Genesis. The final movie will probably be very unbiblical in some bizarre and shocking ways.
 
For example, the main characters of the movie are Noah, his wife, and three sons—and one little girl they rescued after all in her family were murdered by an evil tribe. She was badly injured when they found her, but Noah’s wife placed healing nectar on her stomach and she later grew up to become the eldest son’s wife. For the longest time she was barren in the womb until Noah’s wife convinced Methuselah to bless her womb—against Noah’s wishes.
 
Noah at first is portrayed as a humble yet strong good man—a father and husband who protected his family from the evil that had come upon the world. But as he helped build the Ark, he was portrayed more like a basket-case who was convinced that his family was the last generation. He repeated over and over again that God would not let them repopulate since God would replant Eden without man and perfection would be reestablished with the “innocent animals” God brought on the Ark. Even when Noah’s eldest son brought news to the family on the Ark that his wife was expecting, the movie’s Noah said essentially, “If it is a male, he shall live. If a girl, I will kill her because it is not God’s will for man to repopulate.”
 
Here are a few more problem areas seen in the rough cut of the film, most of which I expect to be in the final film:

 1.In the film, Noah was robbed of his birthright by Tubal-Cain. The serpent’s body (i.e., Satan), which was shed in Eden, was their “birthright reminder.” It also doubled with magical power that they would wrap around their arm. So weird!

 2.Noah’s family only consists of his wife, three sons, and one daughter-in-law, contrary to the Bible.

 3.It appears as if every species was crammed in the Ark instead of just the kinds of animals, thus mocking the Ark account the same way secularists do today.

 4.“Rocks” (that seem to be fallen angels) build the Ark with Noah!

 5.Methuselah (Noah’s grandfather) is a type of witch-doctor, whose mental health is questionable.

 6.Tubal-Cain defeats the Rocks who were protecting the finished Ark.

 7.A wounded Tubal-Cain axes his way inside the Ark in only about ten minutes and then hides inside. Tubal-Cain then convinces the middle son to lure Noah to the bottom of the Ark in order to murder him (because he was not allowed a wife in the Ark). Tubal-Cain stays alive by eating hibernating lizards. The middle son of Noah has a change of heart and helps kill Tubal-Cain instead.

 8.Noah becomes almost crazy as he believes the only purpose to his family’s existence was to help build the Ark for the “innocent” animals (this is a worship of creation).

 9.Noah repeatedly tells his family that they were the last generation and were never to procreate. So when his daughter-in-law becomes pregnant, he vows to murder his own grandchild. But he finally has a change of heart.

 10.Noah does not have a relationship with God but rather with circumstances and has deadly visions of the Flood.

 11.The Ark lands on a cliff next to a beach.

 12.After the Flood Noah becomes so distant from his family that he lives in a cave, getting drunk by the beach.
 
There were many other bizarre, unbiblical aspects in the preview cut. Though it’s possible that some of these elements may not make the final cut (though we suspect most will), compare the above list to the trailer that has just been released! The comparison should be very revealing for you. You wouldn’t get much of a hint of most of the biblical problems in the list above based on watching on this cleverly-put-together trailer. A real con job, to be frank!
 
Do you really want your family/children to see such an unbiblical Hollywood portrayal of a very sobering event in Scripture, one that was a result of man’s wickedness? Do you want your kids to see Noah’s Ark portrayed by Hollywood as above, instead of the fact it was an Ark of salvation because of the grace of God—reminding us that as Noah and his family went through a door to be saved, so we need to go through a door?
 

[Jesus said,] “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.” (John 10:9)
 
Do you really want your family/children to see Noah portrayed by Hollywood as it is in the above summary, instead of how God’s Word describes him in the “Hall of Fame” in Hebrews 11?
 

By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. (Hebrews 11:7)
 
Again, we don’t know what will be in the final cut of the film. But this list we have presented should be enough for Christians to understand that this movie is unbiblical!
 
Now, I do recognize that God is Sovereign and He can even use this Hollywood production to cause people be directed to His Word. Let’s pray that despite the unbiblical nature of this movie, that God will move hearts to seek Him.
 
As for AiG, we will continue to focus on the ministry the Lord has called us to, including building the Ark Encounter that will be as biblically accurate as we can make it—all in an effort to share the truth of God’s Word and the gospel with the world.
 
Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
 
Ken
http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2013/11/19/dont-be-taken-in-by-the-noah-movies-promotion/

[Psalm 51:17]

Now, I do recognize that God is Sovereign and He can even use this Hollywood production to cause people be directed to His Word. Let’s pray that despite the unbiblical nature of this movie, that God will move hearts to seek Him.

Yes, with God, all things are possible, but let's not go down this "but people can be lead to the Lord and his word by such and such entertainment product and false evangelist". Have Mel Gibson's "Passion" movie and Billy Graham lead some kind of big revival? No, not even close. Neither lead people to the word of God, the KJB.

John 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2  The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3  All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Joh 1:4  In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Joh 1:5  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.


With that being said - yeah, I got this impression when I saw the trailer for this movie - filled with witchcraft.

[Kilika]

but let's not go down this "but people can be lead to the Lord and his word by such and such entertainment product and false evangelist"

Exactly. It's leaven, plain and simple. It questions the truth, just like the serpent in the garden did, and then tossed out lies, just like this movie apparently.

These movies serve the same purpose as any other material that tries to explain the Word of God. They can't, because understanding of the Word comes by the Holy Ghost. All that material is is pure vanity and not edifying.

[Mark]

Nick Nolte Joins Noah At Last Minute, To Play Samyaza, The Leader Of The Nephilim

The 72-year-old star will voice Samyaza, the leader of the fallen angels the Nephilim, in the Biblical epic starring Russell Crowe as the hero who builds a giant ark to save his family from the end of the world. Director Aronofsky revealed on Twitter: "Just added the legend nick nolte as the watcher samyaza in #noah . long live the nephilim! it was an honour" and posted a picture of the Gangster Squad star in a recording booth. The CGI angel Nephilim is apparently 11ft tall with six arms and no wings. Mark Margolis - who has appeared in all of Aronofsky's films and who recently starred in Breaking Bad as drug runner Hector 'Tio' Salamanca - had previously been linked to the role.

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/nolte-joins-noah-at-last-minute-29922435.html

[Mark]

Russell Crowe’s ‘Noah’ Film – A Warning For Christians

BIG article lots of stuff.

Updated November 15, 2013

2014 will see a large number of Christian-themed movies hit the big screen and one of the most anticipated of them is Noah, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Oscar-winner Russell Crowe. While there will be much hype and excitement for this movie, the early reports indicate that the Noah film will not be in line with the Biblical account of Noah’s ark and the flood, but instead will push a liberal, political message focused on the environmental agenda. Christians and those interested in a Biblical story thus need to be warned to use discernment and not support Hollywood as it exploits the Bible for gain and promotes a film that casts the God of the Bible in a bad light.

 

The Trailer

Here is the trailer for the film:

Read rest here lots of pics and stuff: http://beginningandend.com/russell-crowes-noah-film-a-warning-for-christians/

Noah As Homicidal Maniac?
Meanwhile, Noah has himself become a bit psychotic, like an environmentalist or animal rights activist who concludes that people do not deserve to survive because of what they’ve done to the environment and to animals. Noah deduces that God’s only reason for his family on the boat is to shepherd the animals to safety, “and then mankind disappears. It would be a better world.” He concludes that there will be no more births in this family so that when they start over in the new world, they will eventually die out, leaving the animals in a human-less paradise of eco-harmony and peace. As Noah says, “The creatures of the earth, the world itself, shall be safe.” His ethical reasoning? The same as all environmentalist activists: The ends justify the means. “We must weigh those [human] lives against all creation.”

There’s only one problem. One of the women on the ark is pregnant, and Noah decides that if it is a boy, it can live, but if it is a girl, he must kill it. We can’t have more of those nasty little virus-like humans swarming the earth. So most of the last half of the script is a family killer thriller like Sleeping With the Enemy, that asks the dark dramatic movie question “will Noah kill the child if it is a girl or not?” Ancient sex-selection infanticide.
The woman gives birth to twin girls, and Noah gets all the way up to killing not one but two female infants, after killing evil meat-eating Akkad. But in the end, he fails. He says “to himself, to the Creator,” “I can’t. I can’t do it. I am sorry. I am so sorry.” He is just too compassionate to carry out God’s cruel plan. Noah is more loving than God. (source).

 

[Mark]

The Nephilim As Heroes?

Adding to the Biblical confusion, King Og of Bashan, an evil Nephilim King in Scripture, is portrayed as good being in Noah. In Scripture, Og lives after the flood and is one of the most powerful Kings of his day. He hated the ancient Israelites and sought to conquer them as they migrated to the land of Canaan, the Promised Land, after being led out of slavery in Egypt. The battle against Og, led by Moses, took place over 1500 years after the flood.

In Noah, Og is one of the fallen angels or Watchers, who now, despite rebellion against God, decide to help Noah build the ark and protect it. In a scene in which a small army of men try to take siege of the ark, it is the fallen angels who fight to make sure that Noah and his family can enter safely. This same type of recasting villains of the Bible as being noble, protagonists was also done in the movie The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, a movie which portrayed the Nephilim rebels as the heroes and saviors of humanity, while ignoring God’s presence altogether.  which we did a detailed analysis of in our article The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones – Satanic Nephilim Deception.http://beginningandend.com/the-mortal-instruments-city-of-bones-satanic-nephilim-deception/


http://beginningandend.com/russell-crowes-noah-film-a-warning-for-christians/

[Mark]

Here is a pic from the graphic novel i found. Im assuming this is the part of the movie where Noah goes and talks to Lamech



Lamech, Noah’s father, also serves as  a type of Shaman in the film. In addition to providing one of the magical seeds that can produce an entire forest in seconds, he also heals Emma Watson’s character (she plays the wife of Noah’s son Shem). Early in the film it is revealed that she cannot bear children. Lamech secretly uses his mystical powers to heal her so she can bear children.

http://beginningandend.com/russell-crowes-noah-film-a-warning-for-christians/

do you see the occultic images? Thats actually a portion of the kabbalah tree of life.

[Psalm 51:17]

There’s only one problem. One of the women on the ark is pregnant, and Noah decides that if it is a boy, it can live, but if it is a girl, he must kill it. We can’t have more of those nasty little virus-like humans swarming the earth. So most of the last half of the script is a family killer thriller like Sleeping With the Enemy, that asks the dark dramatic movie question “will Noah kill the child if it is a girl or not?” Ancient sex-selection infanticide.
The woman gives birth to twin girls, and Noah gets all the way up to killing not one but two female infants, after killing evil meat-eating Akkad. But in the end, he fails. He says “to himself, to the Creator,” “I can’t. I can’t do it. I am sorry. I am so sorry.” He is just too compassionate to carry out God’s cruel plan. Noah is more loving than God. (source).

Did China have their fingerprints on this film?

As for all of the environmentalism they push in this film - this is the same agenda the Emergent Church pushes. The EC has all but infiltrated most of the churches in America. No, they weren't the only ones doing all of the damage(ie-there was 501c3 in the 50's, then the NIV bible in '78, then CCM in the 80's, etc), but nonetheless they are hammering the final nail in the coffin.

[Psalm 51:17]

The Nephilim As Heroes?

Adding to the Biblical confusion, King Og of Bashan, an evil Nephilim King in Scripture, is portrayed as good being in Noah. In Scripture, Og lives after the flood and is one of the most powerful Kings of his day. He hated the ancient Israelites and sought to conquer them as they migrated to the land of Canaan, the Promised Land, after being led out of slavery in Egypt. The battle against Og, led by Moses, took place over 1500 years after the flood.

In Noah, Og is one of the fallen angels or Watchers, who now, despite rebellion against God, decide to help Noah build the ark and protect it. In a scene in which a small army of men try to take siege of the ark, it is the fallen angels who fight to make sure that Noah and his family can enter safely. This same type of recasting villains of the Bible as being noble, protagonists was also done in the movie The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, a movie which portrayed the Nephilim rebels as the heroes and saviors of humanity, while ignoring God’s presence altogether.  which we did a detailed analysis of in our article The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones – Satanic Nephilim Deception.http://beginningandend.com/the-mortal-instruments-city-of-bones-satanic-nephilim-deception/


http://beginningandend.com/russell-crowes-noah-film-a-warning-for-christians/

There's been a growing number of movies like this in recent years, where the "aliens" et al are the "good guys".